Police: Woman busted for shoplifting, leaves daughter behind as she tries to flee

Police: Woman busted for shoplifting, leaves daughter behind as she tries to flee

A Macungie woman was charged Tuesday with shoplifting from the Lower Macungie Walmart and leaving her 6-year-old daughter behind as she tried to flee, according to court records.

Judith Ann Blank, 42, ran through the store's crowded parking lot at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday with her daughter trying to follow behind her, state police at Fogelsville said in a criminal complaint. Blank tried to run across traffic, but was eventually caught, according to reports.

State police said Blank had tried to take just over $24 in merchandise, including a soda and a candy bar, from the Walmart, 1091 Mill Creek Road. Police said she was cursing and screaming in the Walmart and threw a case of soda at an employee.

Blank was charged with retail theft, reckless endangerment, child endangerment and disorderly conduct. She was arraigned by District Judge Karen Devine and sent to Lehigh County Jail under $25,000 bail.